According to a March 26 report by RIA Novosti, Russian Deputy Prime Minister and Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Far Eastern Federal District Trutnev told the media that Russia has decided that a Russian company will undertake construction of the China-Russia cross-Heilongjiang River bridge project. The Russian Direct Investment Fund and the Far East Development Fund, as the two financing parties, will determine the contractor, and the project will be launched soon.